Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fourth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS WARN AGAINST POTENTIAL OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUE DEBATE

CRAFT LAWS THAT RESPOND TO NEEDS OF PEOPLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT

The following message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan was delivered to the Parliamentary Forum on the New Partnership for Africa's Development today by Zephirin Diabré, Associate Administrator, United Nations Development Programme:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES MILITARY ATTACK

IN CIVILIAN AREAS IN SOUTHERN GAZA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

24^th and 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FOCUS ON CONFLICT PREVENTION AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DEBATE ON WORK

OF ORGANIZATION AND FOLLOW-UP TO MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT SETBACKS, MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR

WASTE TRANSPORT IN CARIBBEAN AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RESUMPTION OF HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE BETWEEN

UNITED STATES AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

CONSEQUENCES OF SANCTIONS DISCUSSED AS LEGAL COMMITTEE

TAKES UP REPORT ON STRENGTHENING UNITED NATIONS ROLE

Other Aspects of Charter Review Body also Addressed; Three

Organizations Recommended for Observer Status with General Assembly

‘ETHICAL BASE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MUST BE STRENGTHENED’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the founding meeting of the International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Bled, Slovenia on 5 October:

THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH CHILDREN'S EYES: TWELFTH GLOBAL PAINTING CONTEST

NAIROBI (UNEP), 7 October -- Children from around the globe are being urged to paint their vision of a cleaner, healthier, fairer and more environmentally-friendly world.